• 文献标题:   Some Like It Flat: Decoupled h-BN Monolayer Substrates for Aligned Graphene Growth
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ROTH S, GREBER T, OSTERWALDER J
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, chemical vapor deposition, heterostack, carbide
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.6b06240
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

On the path to functional graphene electronics, suitable templates for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth of high -mobility graphene are of great interest. Among various substrates, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has established itself as one of the most promising candidates. The nanomesh, a h-BN monolayer grown on the Rh(111) surface where the lattice mismatch of h-BN and rhodium leads to a characteristic corrugation of h-BN, offers an interesting graphene/h-BN interface, different from flat graphene/h-BN systems hitherto studied. In this report, we describe a two-step CVD process for graphene formation on h-BN/Rh(111) at millibar pressures and describe the influence of the surface texture on the CVD process. During a first exposure to the 3-pentanone precursor, carbon atoms are incorporated in the rhodium subsurface, which leads to decoupling of the h-BN layer from the Rh(111) surface. This is reflected in the electronic band structure, where the corrugation-induced splitting of the h-BN bands vanishes. In a second 3-pentanone exposure, a graphene layer is formed on the flat h-BN layer, evidenced by the appearance of the characteristic linear dispersion of its pi band. The graphene layer grows incommensurate and highly oriented. The formation of graphene/h-BN on rhodium opens the door to scalable production of well-aligned heterostacks since single crystalline thin-film Rh substrates are available in large dimensions.